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rUnrrn STATES PATTENT Ormes@ VILLIAM H. BENDURE AND SCOTT TILBERY, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN H.VHARTMAN, OF SAME PLAGE.

SLEIGH ATTACHMENT li'OR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 490,240, dated January 17, 1893.

Application filed October 17, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, WILLIAM H. BENDURE and SCOTT TILBERY, citizens of the United States, residing at Fort W'ayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh Attachment-s for Safety-Bicycles; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in sleigh attachments for safety bicycles.

In the use of bicycles in the winter season, it is frequently desirable, particularly in northern latitudes, to have a sleigh attachment adapted to be readily attached thereto or disconnected therefrom, and easily and eficiently operated therewith; but the sleigh attachments now in use are so inconvenient or inoperative as to be of little or no practical utility. The object, therefore, of our invention is to remedy these defects by providing a neat, substantial and efficient sleigh attachment specially adapted for safety bicycles, so constructed and arranged as to be readily attached to said bicycles or removed at pleasure, and which are adapted to be conveniently adjusted to such a position thereon when desired as to permit the normal use of said machine in the usual manner.

Our invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The objects of our invention are accomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure lisa side elevation of myinvention when adjusted upon a safety bicycle in position for use, and also exhibits by dotted outline the position of my improvement thereon, when it is desired to use the bicycle in the usual manner. Fig. 2 is a plan of the forked Serial No. 449,052. (No model.)

portion of the back runner. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion of the rear wheel and the back or rear runner on the line y--y, showing the position of the said wheel relative to the forks of the said runner when the same is in use. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the lower portion of the front wheel and forward runner on the line :z5-. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the studded tire of the rear wheel, showing the manner of securing the same thereon.

A is any proper safety bicycle of the usual -and Well known construction having my improvement adjusted thereon in position for use.

The sleigh runner B, of any suitable material, preferably of metal, adapted for the support of the front Wheel, consists of the runner or base b, having a suitable shoe d, preferably of steel, secured thereto by the lugs d', upon either side thereof, or other proper manner, and having the pivoted standards a rigidly secured upon either side thereof, preferably cast in one piece therewith, and having a strengthening brace c rigidly secured at one end to the standards a and at the other end to the base b, in any proper manner, thus secnrely bracing said runner upon either side of the said wheel. The mud-guard braces h, upon either side of said wheel, having the forward end fashioned into a triangular plate, as seen in Fig. 1, is preferably provided in connection with my improvement, instead of the ordinary mud-guard brace. The braces h are secured in the usual and well known manner upon the pivot or axle of the said front wheel, and are properly perforated for the reception of the pin g upon which the standards a are properly pivoted; the said standards are also provided upon theirinner surface with the pins f, adapted for engagement with the end of the brace h, when the said runner is in position for use.

To the longitudinal shaft of the bicycle, at any proper point, preferably near its union with the seat supporting standard, is rigidly secured, in any proper manner, the clamp E having suitable perforated ears, between which the rear runner D is properly pivoted cured the bolt o, adapted forrvertical adjustmcnt in the slot o', The runnerD, having a suitable amount of spring, properly curved and adapted for supporting the operator and the rear wheel ofthe said bicycle, has its rear end properly forked in sucha manner as to permit the rear wheel rto readily pass Abetween the said forks, as seen in Figs. l, 2 and, and

the forks of the said runner are provided'with suitableshoes k having lugs Z and secured to said forks'by the screws m or otherproper manner.

The rear ywheel of thebicycle Ais provided with a studded tire G lpreferably of metal, adapted to it neatly over and upon thefordif nary rubber tire Afef said Wheel andV isy provided with a suitable number yof rteeth grof proper size, adapted for engagementr with a smooth or other surface when the-machine is in use. The teeth p are preferably cast in one piece with the tirefG, which tire is preferably in two equal parts secured togetherby the plates r, Fig. 5, which plates are secured to the inner surface of the said tire at the place of union of'thetwop'arts, by therivets sand the clamp hook fr, orotherproper manner. At any proper point on the said longitudinal shaft, is rigidly secured the'clainp 2', in which clamp the upper extremity of the break rod C, having a foot rest t and ka suit-k able point for engaging the surface to Slacken the speed.

The operation and manner of adjusting my improved sleigh attachment for bicycles thus described is as follows: When my invention is adjusted in position for use, the runner B, pivoted to the braces h on the pin or bolt g, is adapted to support the front wheel without the tire thereof A3 touching the base or `bottom b of said runner, which runner is pre` vented from being displaced when in use by,

the engagement of the pinsfwith the end of the braces h. D, pivoted or fulcrumed on the pivot n, is so adjusted in the slot o by means of the bolt o, by raising or lower-ing thesame in said slot, that the shoe 7c of the runnerD will rest upon the ground and the rear Wheel will be slightly elevated therefrom, preferably at such a distance above the ground that the weight of the operator will bring the said-wheel in contact With-thc surface while the said runner sustains his weight. /Vhen, therefore the operator mounts the machine his weight will be sustained by the runners B and D and will 1 also bring the rear wheel with its studded tire G down between the forks of the runner D as seen in Fig. 3, when it will by its engagementwith the surface of the ice or snow,

kUpon the projeetingend of the runner D, thus fulcrumed on the pivot n, is properly se-A The front end of the rear run ner propel the machine on the said runners, when rotated in the usual manner. Then it 1s desired yto dispense with the use of my improvef ment, temporarily, and to use the machine in the usual manner it can be readily and conveniently done by adjusting the pivoted run-y ner B to a position abovethe front wheel, as

seen in dotted outline in Fig. 1, where it will n ksecurely remain until lowered by the operator toits normal position. The rear runner D may also be elevated, as seen byoutlinein Fig. l, by lowering the bolt o in the slot 0C thus permitting the rear wheel to engage the ground between the forks of the runner D, 1n

Lthe usual manner, the teeth p being adapted to engage the surface on the ice orsnow or the bare ground Without interfering 1n the least'with the usual loperation of the said wheel.

To apply the brake Ctheoperator presses his foot on the rest z' which will thus bring the free .end of the said vbrake in contact with the surface ofthe ground.

The runner B may readily be removed ory detached by removing 4the bolts g on which it is pivoted. The runner D ymay also be dctaehed by removing the bolts wand o, while the tire -G can be readilyremoved by turning the clamping hooks r', which bind ythe parts together by means of the plates r to which the said hooks are secured. Y

- Our improvement'thus constructed and operated is cheaply made, readily adjusted into position for use and is conveniently operated. Vhat we claim, therefore, as new and useful'and'desire vto secure by Letters Patent is: l.y A sleigh attachment for bicycles, consisting of a runner B, formed by the base o, vprovided with a shoe d having suitable clamping lugs d', andthe vertical standards a, secured to the said base-b by the brace c, adapted to be pivotally mounted on the forward end of the horizontal braces h and having lugs f adapted for engaging the forward end of said braces, said runner being adapted to support the fore wheel of a safety bicycle, a forked runner D, provided with proper shoes 7o secured thereto by the lugs Z and the screws m, or other proper manner, -pivoted on the pivot or bolt fn between the ears of the lug E. and having a bolt o in the forwardend thereof 'adapted for adjustment in the slot 0 or the curved lug F, the lug E having a bolt or pin n adapted as afu-lcrum for the runner D. the curved lug F having a slot o', and the tire G having the teeth p upon the perimeter thereof, and adapted for adjustment upon the rear wheel of a safety bicycle, all substantially as set forth and described.

2. In a sleigh attachment for bicycles, the combination of the lrunner B, and a brake C with the forked runner D adapted for supporting the rear wheel of a bicycle, the slotted lug F, the clamp or lug E having a pin or bolt n, adapted as a fulcrum for the,'run ner D, and the tire G having upon its perim- IIO eter toothed projections p, and adapted for bicycle, all substantially as set forth and deadjustment upon the tire of a bicycle wheel, scribed. I0 all substantially as set forth anddescribed. Signed by us this 14th day of October,1892. 3. The combination in a sleigh attachment WILLIAM H. BENDURE. for bicycles of the sleigh runner B, the clamp SCOTT TILBERY. or lug E, the slotted lug F and the forked Witnesses: runner D adapted for supporting the Weight C. J, MCLAIN,

of the operator as Well as the rear wheel of a WM. J. LENNART. 

